Story of Education of India

20 Awe-Inspiring Quotes for Teachers and Parents

“Upon the subject of education,” Abraham Lincoln firmly stated, “I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.” In fact, research suggests that adult support may be the single most important aspect of how children succeed in school and life.

Quotes that Hold the True Meaning of Education

Great quotes make complexity simple! The following have three themes in common: 1) They speak to parents and teachers, 2) They support research in youth development and education, and 3) They provide impetus toward adult actions that support learning.

“Education…is painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning,… by praise, but above all — by example.” — John Ruskin

“The job of an educator is to teach students to see the vitality in themselves.” — Joseph Campbell

“There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fills you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.” — Robert Frost

“The greatest sign of success for a teacher … is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’” — Maria Montessori

“Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.” — Robert M. Hutchins

“It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it. “ — Jacob Bronowski

“Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.” — Bob Talber

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” — Anonymous

“The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.” — Pierre de Coubertin

“Creativity is especially expressed in the ability to make connections, to make associations, to turn things around and express them in a new way.” –Tim Hansen

“Always to see the general in the particular is the very foundation of genius.” — Arthur Schopenhauer